chapter one; first chapter
to weaken; to grow weak; to be downcast; to be dejected; to be troubled; to be at a loss
no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; (lit.) one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness
indicates word or phrase being defined; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); with; (not) as much as; (not) so much as; the fact that
this; last (couple of years, etc.); these; you (as in "you liar")
thing; matter; incident; occurrence; circumstances; situation; work
be; is; did; (have) done; please; do
if; when; and; with; used for quoting (thoughts, speech, etc.); promoted pawn; indicates a question
to think; to consider; to think (of doing); to plan (to do); to judge; to assess; to imagine
time around sunset; early evening
indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question
coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing
middle; centre; center; midpoint; heart
at; in; at; when; by; with; and then
Mr.; Mrs.; Miss; politeness marker
indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; regardless of; whether (or not)
to go away; to become more distant; to fade away; to be estranged
to go; to move (in a direction or towards a specific location); to proceed; to take place; to pass through; to come and go; to walk
indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.
to watch over; to watch attentively
while; during; while; although; all; both
indicates sentence topic; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis
violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement
to be at a loss; to be puzzled
bonze; monk; monk's dwelling; boy; son; I; me
to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding
today; this day; these days; recently; nowadays
than; from; out of; except; but; more
point; tip; head (of a line); front; first; before; (the way) ahead
company; friendship; association; society; acquaintance
to hold in one's arms (e.g. a baby); to embrace; to have sex with; to make love to; to sit on (eggs); to brood
to come (spatially or temporally); to approach; to come back; to do ... and come back; to come to be; to become
thing; object; one's things; possessions; things; something; quality
another meeting; meeting again; reunion
continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; much (better, etc.); by far; far away; long ago
to attack the enemy in his unguarded moment
to continue; to keep up; to keep on
whirling; going round and round; rushing a person off his feet; panicking; rushing around in a fluster; working in a panic
at (place, time); in; to (direction, state); toward; for (purpose); because of (reason); for
to do; to carry out; to cause to become; to make (into); to serve as; to act as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.)
perhaps; probably; generous; many; much